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Croatia's president dances with team after victory against Russian Federation

Eula Garza |Wednesday, July 11, 2018

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But Dalic accepted the late finish of Croatia's quarter-final, coupled with extra-time exertions against Denmark, will pose his squad a physical challenge ahead of Wednesday's semi-final in Moscow.

In the World Cup semi-final match on Wednesday, Croatia will play against England.

England have for long desired to be at this stage.

Just four teams remain, all of them from Europe: Belgium, France, Croatia, and England.

Dalic's Croatia advanced to the final four for the first time since 1998 after winning a penalty shoot-out 4-3 against hosts Russian Federation in Sochi on Saturday. The current generation has perpetually been compared to that class of 20 years ago and here is their chance to go one better.

The ongoing Fifa World Cup has delivered classic after classic. "You'll see it on the field".

It promises to be an epic battle when Croatian experience takes on English youth.

"This is an awesome thing", coach Zlatko Dalic told HRT. Perisic aside, all have won club football's biggest prize - the UEFA Champions League. "He's one of the great (England) threats but he is not alone".

"It's a shame we lost, I think we deserved more, we played good football, with good players. In principle, we played as we planned, [but] the goals we conceded, we shouldn't have conceded, but that's football", 54-year-old former worldwide 'keeper said. We won't want to stop.

France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is facing a Belgian team that has scored a tournament-leading 14 goals in five matches when they meet in the semifinals in St. Petersburg.

"I was concentrated throughout the match, but after Rakitic's penalty the emotion came bursting out of me". Wing-backs Ashley Young and Kieran Trippier have been key to providing the corners. "They have worked in our favor and we'll carry on working on them". "They have worked in our favour and we hope to continue doing that".

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